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Music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri

Libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra

A co-production by the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the Oviedo Spanish Lyric Theatre Festival, and Theater Basel.

One of the most frequently performed zarzuelas in the repertoire, it tells the story of the love between the roguish barber Lamparilla and Paloma, a seamstress. Their comings and goings, courtship, and romantic adventures are interwoven with the political intrigues in which they unexpectedly become deeply involved: the Marquise of Bierzo seeks to overthrow Minister Grimaldi in order to promote the Count of Floridablanca.

Música de FRANCISCO ASENJO BARBIERI

Music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri

Libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra

A co-production by the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the Oviedo Spanish Lyric Theatre Festival, and Theater Basel.

One of the most frequently performed zarzuelas in the repertoire, it tells the story of the love between the roguish barber Lamparilla and Paloma, a seamstress. Their comings and goings, courtship, and romantic adventures are interwoven with the political intrigues in which they unexpectedly become deeply involved: the Marquise of Bierzo seeks to overthrow Minister Grimaldi in order to promote the Count of Floridablanca.

Music by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri

Libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra

A co-production by the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the Oviedo Spanish Lyric Theatre Festival, and Theater Basel.

One of the most frequently performed zarzuelas in the repertoire, it tells the story of the love between the roguish barber Lamparilla and Paloma, a seamstress. Their comings and goings, courtship, and romantic adventures are interwoven with the political intrigues in which they unexpectedly become deeply involved: the Marquise of Bierzo seeks to overthrow Minister Grimaldi in order to promote the Count of Floridablanca.

Music by FRANCISCO ASENJO BARBIERI

Libretto by LUIS MARIANO DE LARRA
A co-production of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the Festival de Teatro Lírico Español de Oviedo, and Theater Basel.

One of the most frequently performed zarzuelas in the repertoire tells the love story between the witty barber Lamparilla and Paloma, a seamstress. Their encounters and separations, courtships and romantic escapades become intertwined with political intrigues in which they themselves, quite unexpectedly, become deeply involved: the Marquesita del Bierzo seeks to overthrow Minister Grimaldi in order to install Count Floridablanca in his place.